After the training in Xishan, the company not only concentrated on studying, but also helped the fellow residents do some farm work.
There is not much land in Longquanzhuang, but it is very rare here. In addition to the mountains, there are actually villagers growing some rice between the two mountains. This plays a big role in the seven-star pond flowing down from the cemetery.
After the rice was harvested, the ridges were immediately expanded, farmyard manure was sent to the fields, and wheat was sown.
For an artillery company, dozens of strong laborers could finish all the farm work in Longquanzhuang in just two days.
As for the command platoon, in addition to the collective work in the village, they also did the work in the fields of several landlords.
"Uncle Geng, let's see what other jobs you have?" On this day, Wang Ke started chatting with Uncle Geng after breakfast.
"There's nothing left to live for. You guys should have a good rest. Aren't the troops leaving in the next few days?"
"Uncle Geng, you're welcome. We have nothing to do, so just find some work."
"Well, Platoon Commander Wang, I'm quite alive. I'm just worried that you guys will be too tired."
"It's okay, Uncle Geng, just tell me."
"Well, can you help me thoroughly clean up the cemetery I'm guarding? In addition, there are some slopes on the south wall outside the courtyard. I want to clear it out and build a toon garden in the spring."
"This is a small matter, let's do it today." Wang Ke agreed.
After saying this, Song Ruimin, the reconnaissance squad leader, was immediately arranged to inform the wireless class and telephone class to bring a wheelbarrow, broom, shovel and three-tooth rake for land reclamation in the morning.
After breakfast, the command platoon took these tools directly and came to Muling. After a division of labor, the telephone class and reconnaissance class went to clear up wasteland, and the wireless class helped clean the cemetery.
The matter of land reclamation is relatively simple. When we go outside the south wall and reach the mountain city designated by Uncle Geng, we first pick up the stones on the surface, then cut down the bushes and weeds, and then we start digging. There is no requirement to open the land. No matter how large the area is, a few minutes of land is enough.
After assigning tasks, Wang Ke was of course willing to follow the wireless class to the cemetery. Although he had seen the buildings and the plants and trees inside twice, they were still full of infinite temptation for Wang Ke. He always felt that there were many secrets hidden in this small cemetery. Not only the carvings under the stone bridge floor and the five stone offerings, but also many things could be discovered.
There were not many people in the wireless team. The six people started from the top of the underground palace. Under the leadership of the old squad leader Huang Zhonghe, they cleaned the passage above. Also cut down some small trees that have grown randomly and clean the fallen leaves from them.
Next, the wireless class began to clean Long'en Hall and the entire square, and finally the dry river.
From the moment Wang Ke entered the cemetery, the wireless squad leader pushed him away and asked him to turn around. Since there was not much work to do, the wireless squad leader Huang Zhonghe and Uncle Geng went to work. When Wang Ke came back from a circle, he heard the sound of "dong dong" chopping down trees in the distance.
If there are any trees that can be cut down in this cemetery, they are part of the cemetery itself.
Wang Ke quickened his pace and walked out of Long'en Hall running and jumping. He was stunned when he saw that several people from the wireless class, led by Uncle Geng, were cutting down the five-fingered peach trees along the river.
This is called not knowing treasures when you are in Baoshan. Professor Ye Rongguang is coming in the next few days, and he came here just for these trees. Now Uncle Geng actually wants to cut them down.
"Hey, stop, stop!" Wang Ke yelled at the top of his lungs, panicking and running down the steps of Long'en Hall. One foot missed, he stumbled, and rolled down the steps above.
This fall was so bad that my knees suffered severe pain. Wang Ke rolled over and rushed over.
Xue Lin stopped the knife in his hand and looked at Wang Ke strangely. It was Huang Zhonghe, the old squad leader, who realized the seriousness of the problem. He waved his hand to signal everyone to stop, and then ran over.
"Platoon commander, what's going on?"
Wang Ke ignored him and limped over struggling. I saw only three five-fingered peach trees, one of which had already been cut down, and more than half of this one had been cut down. If it were too late, none of the three would be saved.
White slurry was bubbling out from the chopped tree stump.
"Uncle Geng, this tree cannot be cut down."
"Why is Platoon Leader Wang? This tree was not planted by us, it is wild, and it grows on the edge of the river. It has damaged the bricks and stones building the river. I cut it down last year, but it was not clear, and it has grown again this year. We'll dig it out by the roots in a while." Uncle Geng explained that he thought Wang Ke's method was wrong.
When he said this, Wang Ke was immediately heartbroken. "Uncle Geng, you can't cut down this tree. This is our Western Mountain. No, it should be said to be the rarest tree species in North China. It is also your money tree!"
"What? This tree is so precious and rare? What kind of tree is this?" When Uncle Geng heard this, he immediately opened his eyes.
Fortunately, I followed in today. If we were to open up wasteland outside, I'm afraid it would be really doomed. At this time, Wang Ke no longer wanted to keep anything secret, so he said to Uncle Geng: "Do you remember that our health workers came to pick it? This is called the five-finger peach. Even in the south, it can only be found in a few places. All peach trees are It is a precious medicinal material.”
"Platoon Leader Wang, you didn't lie to me, did you? Oh, it turns out that there are more than a dozen trees growing in our cemetery, even on the west side, and the fruit they bear is inedible, so I had to cut them all down. These trees are not easy to cut down. It’s not easy to take root either. So I became a director?”
Uncle Geng was stunned. If what Wang Ke said was true, it would be equivalent to throwing away the money in vain. "Is this peach also a medicinal material?"
As he spoke, Uncle Geng picked a peach from the broken tree and looked at it carefully.
"Everyone, don't be stunned. Help pick up the peaches on the trees and the ones in the garbage." Huang Zhonghe, the wireless squad leader, also discovered his recklessness and immediately told the soldiers. Upon hearing this, everyone picked off their own peaches one after another. Military hat, go pick peaches.
"Uncle Geng, you must protect these trees well. In a few days, experts from Jinmen University will come to inspect them. We have never seen this tree species in the north, and we don't know how it first grew."
Wang Ke started to tell Professor Ye Rongguang about coming to inspect, and mentioned it by the way.
Uncle Geng believed it and said, "Well, Platoon Leader Wang, if this tree is so precious, then I won't plant toon next year. I will plant branches to see if I can save it."
Wang Ke looked at Uncle Geng and found that he was very cute. At this time, a heartbreaking pain came, and Wang Ke realized that his military trousers were torn. He rolled up his trouser legs and looked again. He saw that the front bone of his leg was also broken, with several scratches and a lot of blood oozing out.
The chopped tree could not be restored. Uncle Geng immediately went to the temple to find something to bandage the uncut tree.
A few soldiers in the wireless squad wanted to find something to bandage Wang Ke's injured leg, but they couldn't find it anywhere.
"It's okay. I'll go back to the company headquarters later and find a hygienist to bandage it. You can continue cleaning." Wang Ke shook his hand, stood up and walked out.
"Platoon leader, let me carry you." Xue Lin threw the thing on his hand and ran over immediately, squatting down and preparing to carry Wang Ke.
"Xue Lin, no need. But you can help me out. The palace door is too high. I'm afraid I won't be able to step up."
"Okay, Xue Lin, you send the platoon leader back and bring back a dough bag, and we'll help Uncle Geng pick it first." Huang Zhonghe, the old squad leader, said to Xue Lin, and immediately turned around and led people to clean up the scene.
The two of them limped toward the Long En Gate. After walking a few steps, Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong came running outside the door, shouting as he ran: "Platoon Commander, our squad leader calls you to go."
Xue Lin glared at Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong, very dissatisfied. "Didn't you see that the platoon leader was injured?"
Sweet potato Liang Xiaolong ran forward and said out of breath: "Platoon leader, what's wrong with you? Did you fall? Come on, I'll carry you."
With that said, he also bent down, picked up Wang Ke and ran away.
Xue Lin followed, shouting repeatedly: "Diya, you carry the platoon leader to the company headquarters, where are you carrying?"
Sweet potato Liang Xiaolong said as he walked quickly: "Carry it to our place first, and then go to the company headquarters."
"Liang Xiaolong, is something wrong?"
"Well, Gu Maolin and Wang Mingsheng have both gone down."
"Going down? Where did you go?" Wang Ke asked in surprise. Did something happen to the land reclamation people outside? Wang Ke turned back to Xue Lin and said, "There's no need to pick up the dough bags. You can pick them first. We'll push them away in a car later. I'll go over and check on the telephone class and reconnaissance class."
Besides, Sweet Potato Liang Xiaolong carried Wang Ke on his back, turned around the south wall, and looked towards the land reclamation area. He saw the shovels and wheelbarrows thrown on the ground. There's not a soul around. What's going on? So he asked: "Liang Xiaolong, where are they?"
"They are all in the grass behind the tree. Platoon commander, please be patient. They will be there soon."
Sweet potato Liang Xiaolong is really unambiguous. He is not tall but has a lot of strength. He is even stronger than Xue Lin in the wireless class.
After going up the hillside, we turned around a forest, which was full of weeds and bushes about half a man tall, and there were many sharp stones standing abruptly. It was not a land reclamation area at all.
"Didn't I ask you to open up wasteland? Why did you come here? Where are they?"
"just in front."
"Rantanqin, what are you doing here?"
"Platoon leader, we found a cave."
"Cave? It's not like we all stopped working and ran to watch the fun. Is it a treasure cave? Xiaolong, let me down." Wang Ke struggled to come down. Who knows, Liang Xiaolong arched up and did not let go at all. Wang Ke came down.
"Platoon commander, don't move. We're just ahead."
At this time, Wang Ke could faintly hear the voice of Xiao Gao, the monitor in front of the phone, and asked: "What kind of cave? How was it discovered?"
"Wang Mingsheng discovered it when he came to relieve himself. He and Gu Maolin both went down."
"Wait, isn't it a cave? Why are you still going down?"
"Well, this hole is a little weird. Go forward first and then down."
"Then why do you want to go down? Aren't you afraid of danger? What if there are poisonous insects and beasts inside? Hurry, hurry, get over there." Wang Ke was obviously anxious. Gu Maolin has always been fearless, even if the excitement is not big.
There was no way through the bushes. Liang Xiaolong was obviously having a hard time carrying Wang Ke on his back, but he still quickly reached the scene.
I could only see the dense black pine trees and some miscellaneous trees in the distance, with cracked bark, and thorns and various wild unknown small trees and weeds nearby. It would have been impossible to get here without someone carrying them.
"We're here." Liang Xiaolong put down Wang Ke. In fact, there were still seven or eight meters ahead and he couldn't walk past it.
When Xiao Gao, the telephone squad leader, and Song Ruimin, the reconnaissance squad leader, saw Wang Ke being "carried", they stood up together and greeted him. The soldiers behind them all stood up. Through the gap, Wang Ke saw that at the bottom of the stone cliff behind them, there was indeed a stone cave half a man high.
"Platoon leader, we found a hole here, something weird." Xiao Gao, the squad leader on the phone, took the lead and ran over. They all found that Wang Ke was injured and it was difficult to stand.
"Platoon leader, what's wrong with you?" Song Ruimin also squeezed through the bushes and came to Wang Ke.
"It's okay. I fell down. What happened?" Wang Ke asked.
"Well, Wang Mingsheng found a hole there, and he and Gu Maolin went down." Scout squad leader Song Ruimin pointed behind him.
Wang Ke looked up and saw that the hole was not big. Could it fit two people?
Perhaps seeing Wang Ke's doubts, Song Ruimin continued: "The inside of this cave is not small, it is the same as a room, but there is another hole below."
When Wang Ke heard this, he immediately became interested. He found a cave around the cemetery. There must be a story. Don't be like the Chongling cave. It was also a robbery cave.
Wang Ke was supported by Xiao Gao, the telephone monitor, and came to the cave. He saw Wang Mingsheng crawling out and leaning out half of his body.
"What did you find?" Wang Ke simply sat down next to the hole, completely forgetting about his leg injury.
